U16 footballers face Laois this Saturday in Reilly Plate final

Thu, 27th July 2017

Dublin's under-16 footballers face Laois this Saturday night in the Gerry Reilly U16 Football Tournament Plate final in Oldcastle, Meath (7.0).

The young Dubs, who are managed by Dublin senior selector and former player Jason Sherlock, finished second in their group behind Monaghan after losing to the Farney County lads by one point (0-10 to 0-9) in their second game in their group.

In their opening match they accounted for Westmeath 4-16 to 0-7 and concluded the group stage with an impressive second half against Wicklow to prevail 4-17 to 0-10.

Saturday, 29 July

Gerry Reilly U-16 FT Shield Final

Louth v Wicklow @ 3.00 pm

Gerry Reilly U-16 FT Plate Final

Dublin v Laois @ 7.00 pm

Sunday, 30 July

Gerry Reilly U-16 FT Cup Final

Meath v Monaghan @ 7.00 pm

All games in Millbrook, Oldcastle (Oldcastle GAA club)

'Round Robin' Results for the Gerry Reilly U-16 FT 2017

Round 1 - 1/2 July (Results)

Monaghan 0-13 Wicklow 1-8

Laois 3-14 Louth 1-13

Dublin 4-16 Westmeath 0-7

Meath 3-17 Longford 1-16

Round 2 - 7/9 July (Results)

Meath 5-18 Louth 6-6

Laois 4-10 Longford 2-13

Wicklow 7-12 Westmeath 3-5

Monaghan 0-10 Dublin 0-9

Round 3 (Fixture/Results)

Monaghan 3-9 Westmeath 2-9

Dublin 4-17 Wicklow 0-10

Meath 5-18 Laois 1-6

Saturday, 22 July

Louth 2-14 Longford 1-14

The tournament to be run on a ‘round robin’ basis, each team plays each other in their group. 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw

Group positions based on score difference in the event of teams on same points

Top teams in each group qualify for the Gerry Reilly Cup Final (Meath v Monaghan – Sunday, 30 July @ 7.00 pm )

Second team in each group qualify for the Gerry Reilly Plate Final (Dublin v Laois – Saturday, 29 July @ 7.00 pm))

Third team in each group qualify for the Gerry Reilly Shield Final (Wicklow v Louth – Saturday, 29 July @ 3.00 pm))

Gerry Reilly

This tournament commemorates Gerry Reilly who died tragically in December ’87 at 16 years of age, and he had already proved to be a great footballer with huge potential to go on to great heights in the game.

Winners of the Gerry Reilly Cup to date:

Westmeath 1990, 1992, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2010, 2011

Meath 1989, 1991, 1995, 1996, 2002, 2003, 2007

Cavan 1997, 2004, 2005, 2014, 2015, 2016

Dublin 1993, 1998, 2008 (U-17 Blitz), 2012, 2013

Winners of the Gerry Reilly Plate to date:

Meath 2013, 2015, 2016

Wicklow 2014

Winners of the Gerry Reilly Shield to date:

Westmeath 2013

Meath 2014

Monaghan 2015